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Shades of reality at the Doral Golf Resort & Spa

July 17, 2009

Open skies1
They did it again. They let me out of the room with a camera, a tripod and a thing for HDRs. (HDRs are high dynamic range images — pictures taken at various exposures and then digitally combined.)

It helps that we checked into the Doral Golf Resort & Spa just as a late afternoon thunderstorm had cleared. Shades of dark and light in the trees, clouds, and windows were begging for the HDR treatment.


I had to say “yes.”

Open skies2

We’re here for a Nickelodeon weekend, where the kids get to meet SpongeBob SquarePants and Dora the Explorer. Should be interesting.

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5 comments

  • http://www.ffocus.org Bruce InCharlotte

    What are the ghosts in the center of the second image?

  • Christopher Elliott

    Bruce, when you combine images, anything that’s moving looks like a ghost. I thought the surreal golf cart added to the other-worldliness of that image.

  • Daniel

    I just wanted to say that I really liked the second picture. I had not yet heard about HDRs – though I’ve combined pictures (with similar exposures) before. Is there a particular program you use to do this, or is it some option in Photoshop I have not found yet?

  • Christopher Elliott

    @Daniel, I use a program called Photomatix pro.

  • ed

    Photomatix Pro is probably the easiest to use, but it costs money…if you already have Photoshop CS2 or better, HDR merging is built in. Check the Photoshop Help page on how to do this.

    Ed

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